Duel (VHS, 1997) 
Duel (VHS, 1997)

 
Duel (VHS, 1997)

Leading Role: Dennis Weaver
Rating: Rated PG
Release Date: Oct 1997
Format: VHS
UPC: 096895509636
Product ID: EPID3083342
Description: DUEL, one of Steven Spielberg's first vehicles, foreshadowed the blockbuster film JAWS. Using minimal dialogue and effects, Spielberg defines the characteristics of his prolific oeuvre in this early work. Through tight cinematic narratio...
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Movie Description
DUEL, one of Steven Spielberg's first vehicles, foreshadowed the blockbuster film JAWS. Using minimal dialogue and effects, Spielberg defines the characteristics of his prolific oeuvre in this early work. Through tight cinematic narration, he effectively conveys the sudden and shocking horror that develops over the course of the film.


On a deserted stretch of California highway, businessman David Mann (Dennis

Weaver) settles into his red Valiant for the long drive to an urgent meeting. Ahead of him on the road is a slow-moving diesel truck, which David innocently decides to pass. So begins the long duel between David and the Goliath-like rig in this nerve-wracking TV movie. Menacing David at every twist and turn of the highway, the truck tries to push the Valiant onto a train track, run David down in a phone booth, engage him in a high-speed chase, and tailgate him into oblivion. Hoping to lose the rig, David stops at a roadside café only to realize that the driver of the truck is also in the restaurant. The driver is never seen, except one shot of his beefy

arm waving the Valiant ahead into oncoming traffic. Instead, Spielberg uses

the monstrous truck itself, much like the way he used the shark in JAWS, to

harass and taunt. After its broadcast on television, DUEL was released

theatrically with extra footage added.

Credits
Producer:George Eckstein
Cast:Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott, Lou Frizzell, Lucille Benson

Notes
Television broadcast premiere: November 13, 1971

Theatrical release: April 22, 1983

The studio originally wanted Steven Spielberg to cast Gregory Peck in the role of David Mann.

When the film premiered as an ABC Movie of the Weekend, it was 73 minutes. As a theatrical release it was expanded to 91 minutes, including footage Spielberg added--the opening shot of the Valiant leaving the garage and the scene of the truck trying to push the car onto train tracks.

Some of Spielberg's other early television work included episodes of NIGHT GALLERY and COLUMBO.

Editorial Reviews
"[A] sleek, ever-in-motion experiment in terror."
Premiere - Premiere Staff (11/01/2004)

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